{"id":25430,"date":"2026-07-04T08:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=25430"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:15:37","slug":"team-emirates-xrgs-tadej-pogacar-aims-for-record-equalling-fifth-tour-de-france-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2026\/07\/04\/team-emirates-xrgs-tadej-pogacar-aims-for-record-equalling-fifth-tour-de-france-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Emirates-XRG\u2019s Tadej Poga\u010dar Aims For Record-Equalling Fifth Tour De France Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"read\">Led by the four-time defending champion Tadej Poga\u010dar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaetoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE<\/a> Team Emirates-XRG announced its eight-strong lineup for the 113th Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">The Emirati squad will consist of Poga\u010dar, Isaac del Toro, Felix Gro\u00dfschartner, Brandon McNulty, Nils Politt, Florian Vermeersch, Tim Wellens, and Adam Yates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">Combining an all-star ensemble of rouleurs and climbers, the experienced team will hope to support Poga\u010dar\u2019s ambitions of taking his third Tour title on the bounce. Should he do so, the two-time world champion would equal the record of five Tour de France victories, joining an exclusive club that contains Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indur\u00e1in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">Of course, three weeks of the toughest racing of the season stand between Poga\u010dar and that goal, but the Slovenian will head into this year\u2019s race fresh from victories at both the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">Looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead, Poga\u010dar spoke of his motivation to put all the months of preparation to good use in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">Poga\u010dar said: \u201cThe Tour de France is always the biggest challenge of the season and also the race that motivates us the most. Every year, you arrive at the start knowing that anything can happen over three weeks, and that\u2019s what makes it so special.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">\u201cWe\u2019ve prepared really well as a team, everyone has worked incredibly hard, and now we\u2019re excited to finally get started in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">\u201cI feel good, I\u2019m looking forward to racing, and I know I\u2019ll have a fantastic group of teammates and staff around me. We have a lot of confidence in each other and have built up a lot of experience together over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">\u201cThere will be strong rivals, difficult stages and many other unpredictable moments, but we\u2019re ready to give everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to wear these colours at the Tour de France, and we\u2019ll do our best to make ourselves, the team and the fans proud.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by the four-time defending champion Tadej Poga\u010dar, UAE Team Emirates-XRG announced its eight-strong lineup for the 113th Tour de France. The Emirati squad will consist of Poga\u010dar, Isaac del Toro, Felix Gro\u00dfschartner, Brandon McNulty, Nils Politt, Florian Vermeersch, Tim Wellens, and Adam Yates. Combining an all-star ensemble of rouleurs and climbers, the experienced team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25434,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25430\/revisions\/25434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}